Chicken Sausage, Kale, and Cannellini Bean Soup

I’m a mess in the kitchen. I mean it, a real mess. There…I said it. When I started blogging I pledged that I would better organize myself in the kitchen and that I would clean as I go. I also recommitted to mise en place. That’s a fancy way of saying that you complete all prep work, including chopping, measuring, and organizing ingredients, before you begin cooking. I saw Jimmy in the wings saying, “yes, yes, yes!!”. (FYI…he’s the primary cleaner upper.)

When I decided to make a very simple soup for this post, I though “oh, this will be easy and cleanup will be a cinch”. Well, I’m sorry to report that that didn’t happen. When I was taking photographs, I surveyed the kitchen and my heart sank. As hard as I try, I still seem to mess up almost everything in the kitchen regardless of what I’m making.

As much of a mess as I am in the kitchen, I would venture to say that my results are pretty successful for the most part. I’ll keep trying to do better, but I ain’t promising nothing! (Jimmy groans silently.)

This soup is clean, healthful, and delicious. Serve it with some buttered, crusty bread and it’s dinner on a cool autumn night.

I grew up in small town Mississippi eating traditional southern fare.A lifelong foodie, I started cooking and experimenting with food at a very young age. I started Southern Boy Dishes as a creative outlet and a way to share my love of food.

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I made this, but i substituted the italian sausage for chicken sausage and used chick peas instead of white beans. I topped it off with pesto and it was absolutely delicious! Thanks for the killer recipe! 🙂

I fixed this for dinner/and healthy lunches for the week. I used italian sausage, (3 links), and 2 cubed boneless chicken breasts. I browned the chicken, and sausage, I also added about 2 tbs of tomato past, (just because I had some open from another dish I ha prepared today_ It was delicious.

I’ve gotten pretty good at mise en place, and reasonably good at cleaning up as I go. So usually there’s not too huge of a mess when I’m done cooking (although there most definitely is still a mess). Anyway, great soup. I love kale (or any dark green) in soup with beans. And chicken sausage? So much the better. Really nice – thanks.

I think we may be psychically (had to look up how to spell that, I started with about 6 “c”s!!!) connected, Bill – I’ll have you saying “Cor Blimey” in no time at all 😉 Beautiful photograph, and GAWJUS recipe. I love anything with beans in it. Whole plethoras of them.

Mis en place = mess in place. I finally learned to clean up as I go, only because my kitchen is small with minimal counter space. Plus, my husband is the cleaner upper and I don’t want to discourage him. I’d say this soup is beautiful and clean eating. Looks fantastic!

Hello, my name is Bill and welcome to Southern Boy Dishes. My relationship with food started many years ago. I came into the world with a ravenous appetite and I remember being in the kitchen with my mother… Read More